Reading List: Alaska

These resources are suggested to enhance your understanding and enjoyment of the history, unique culture, wilderness, and wildlife of Alaska:

 

A Birder’s Guide to Alaska
George C. West, 2008

 

Alaska: A Novel
James A Michener, 2002

 

Alaska: A History of the 49th State
Naske and Slotnick, 1994

 

Alaska Bound: A Life of Travel and Adventure in the Far North
Michael P. Dixon, 1996

 

Alaska Park Science: Scientific Studies on Climate Change in Alaska’s National Parks
Alaska Geographic, 2007

 

Alaska’s Southeast: Touring the Inside Passage
Sarah Eppenbach, 1997 (11th edition, 2008)

 

Alaska, Tales of Adventure from the Last Frontier
Anthology of 31 tales, edited by Spike Walker, 2002

 

Coming into the Country
John McPhee, 1991

 

Guide to Sea Kayaking in Southeast Alaska: The Best Day Trips and Tours from Misty Fjords to Glacier Bay

James Howard, 1999

 

Guardians of the Whales: The Quest to Study Whales
Bruce Obee and Graeme Ellis, 1992

 

Insight Guide Alaska
2010

 

Kayaking the Inside Passage: A Paddling Guide from Olympia, Washington to Muir Glacier, Alaska
Robert Miller, 2005

 

Klondike: The Last Great Gold Rush
Pierre Berton, 1986

 

National Geographic Society Field Guide to the Birds of North America
Jon L. Dunn and Jonathan Alderer, 2006

 

Nature of Southeast Alaska: A Guide to Plants, Animals, and Habitats
Robert H Armstrong, 2003

 

Passage To Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings
Jonathan Raban, 2000

 

Reaching Home: Pacific Salmon, Pacific People
N. Forbes, Jay & B. Matsen, 1994

 

The Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, & Alaska
Jim Pojar, 2004

 

The Raven and the Totem – Traditional Alaska Native Myths and Tales
Collected and edited by John E. Smelcer, 1992

 

The Sea Runners
Ivan Doig, 2006

 

Travelers’ Tales Alaska, True Stories
A collection of tales edited by Bill Sherwonit, 2003

 

Travels in Alaska
John Muir, with forward by John Haines, 1988

 

Where the Sea Breaks Its Back
Corey Ford, 1967, 2nd printing 1995

Websites:

 

Alaska Travel & Tourism (official state site)
www.travelalaska.com

 

Juneau (city’s official tourism site)
www.traveljuneau.com

 

Sitka (official tourism site)
http://www.sitka.org/

 

United States Forest Service
www.fs.fed.us